From a Client’s View – Learning about the Benefits of Reflexology

From a Client’s View – Learning about the Benefits of Reflexology

By Jonathan Shubow, Manager in the Digital Department with GateHouse Media, Inc., the parent company of Wicked Local. November 2012, Medfield Press I  hadn’t been working at Wicked Local very long when one day my boss came by my cube and handed me a note saying she recently received a telephone call from someone claiming to have gone to school with me and wanted to know if I was the same person now working at Wicked Local and would I please call her. At the time I was the Web operations manager for all the Wicked Local websites, and my...

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Laugh Your Way Through Life

Laugh Your Way Through Life

When did you laugh last?  Did you know that the average adult laughs only 5-10 times a day while a small child laughs anywhere from 400-500 times a day.  What happened to our ability to laugh? Have we gotten so serious, or are we just too busy to laugh or worse, have we forgotten how to? How about laughing with intention and on purpose? Catch Helen Chin Lui’s new Holistic Healing Cable Show – part 1 of 3, focusing on the benefits of Laughter with Linda and Bill Hanmaker, both Certified Laughter instructors. We talked about how we can...

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Benefits of Incorporating Holistic/Alternative Care into Your Wellness Plan

Benefits of Incorporating Holistic/Alternative Care into Your Wellness Plan

Alternative or holistic healing means taking holistic approach when seeing treatment for imbalances and choosing to live a more balance lifestyle. What distinguishes holistic healing apart from alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine is that physical health is not necessarily the main focus, but addressing the “root of the problem.” The experience of physical discomfort usually is the first prompt a person’s pursuit of holistic healing, especially when conventional medicine has not helped...

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The Many Benefits of Reflexology – Why Not You?

The Many Benefits of Reflexology – Why Not You?

(Reflexologist, Kevin Kunz) Research has shown the specific techniques of reflexology to be effective and beneficial in many ways. A survey of 170 reflexology studies from 21 countries shows that reflexology is effective, impacting a variety of physical and psychological concerns. The Many Reflexology Benefits - Creates relaxation: From the moment the reflexologists hands start their work, the relaxation begins as shown in research using EEG brain activity. All together, 24 studies demonstrate reflexology relaxation effects. Reduces pain: Pain...

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Are your Chakras Opened?

Are your Chakras Opened?

What are the benefits of balanced chakras? First of all you just feel good. You feel balanced, relaxed, whole and healthy. You feel everything in your life is going well for you. All or most of your projects are flowing the way you like. Everyone who is associated with you, either professional or personal are attracted to your energy and wants to be with you. In some cases, you are the life of the party and everyone seeks your company. The reason you have become a “people magnet” is because you are radiating such positive energy, people...

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital sponsors another nursing health fair

Brigham and Women’s Hospital sponsors another nursing health fair

June 15, 2012 Good health is not just about medicine. “It’s about embracing a healthy spiritual, emotional and physical lifestyle” Heather Hogan, BSN, RN, Santina Wilson, BSN, RN, and Mary Absi, Bachelor or science in Nursing (BSN), RN, received a Lily Kravitz Nursing Studies Award for 2012. The award was for their research into whether implementing alternative and complementary therapies to help reduce nurses’ stress levels could lead to better patient care. Complementary therapies comprising of Reflexology, Reiki, Massage and...

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